Shelley has been painting and studying in oils for fourteen years. Although her education and career are science-based, she has always had a love of the arts. Shelley takes inspiration from the effects of early and late-day light on the local landscape and seascape, as well as florals and figurative subjects. With her expressive-representational style, she strives to evoke a sense of mood, light and place; to help the viewer recall a happy memory, and an appreciation for the beauty in the world. “There is amazing beauty, complexity and intelligent design all around us.” Shelley is also greatly inspired by the Spanish artist Joaquin Sorolla’s depictions of sunlight and shadow, and by John Singer Sargent’s mastery of the figure and his confident brushwork.